One lone skier stands atop a challenging run at White Pass Ski Area on Tuesday.
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A chair lift at White Pass Ski Area stands still as very few visitors cover the mountain during the area’s first week of the seaon on Tuesday.
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Chair lifts are seen through snow-covered evergreen trees at White Pass Ski Area on the line between Lewis and Yakima counties on Tuesday afternoon.
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Chair lifts are seen above snow-covered evergreen trees at White Pass Ski Area on the line between Lewis and Yakima counties on Tuesday afternoon.
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Snow covers trees at White Pass Ski Area on Tuesday afternoon.
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Snow covers trees high on the foothills of the Cascade Mountains along U.S. Highway 12 near White Pass on Tuesday.
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Snow covers trees on the rolling foothills of the Cascade Mountains above U.S. Highway 12 near White Pass on Tuesday.
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A raven sits stop an evergreen tree beside U.S. Highway 12 at White Pass Ski Area.
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Icicles hang from the White Pass Ski Patrol building at White Pass Ski Area on Tuesday.
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A sign for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest sits beside U.S. Highway 12 near White Pass Ski Area on Tuesday
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Snow covers trees as sunshine breaks through the clouds above rolling foothills of the Cascade Mountains above U.S. Highway 12 near White Pass on Tuesday.
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Skiers at White Pass Ski Area travel past a stopped chair lift on Tuesday afternoon during a the first week of the area’s season.
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Here are some scenes from the White Pass Ski Area on Tuesday from Chronicle reporter Isabel Vander Stoep.